
Skeletal System The Skeletal System - It gives shape of the body . - It provides support to the body. - It provide movement of the body. - muscles helps a person move - Produces blood cells - Stores calcium SECTIONS OF THE SKELETAL SYSTEM • Axial skeleton • Appendicular skeleton AXIAL SKELETON- Skull • The skull consists of the cranium and facial bones . • Cranium ▫ 1 frontal ▫ 2 parietal ▫ 2 temporal ▫ 1 occipital ▫ 1 ethmoid ▫ 1 sphenoid • Sutures. • Facial bones ▫ 5 nasal ▫ 2 maxilla ▫ 2 lacrimal ▫ 2 zygomatic ▫ 2 palatine ▫ 1 mandible • 26 Vertebrae • 7 cervical • 12 thoracic • 5 lumbar • 1 sacrum • 1 coccyx Thorax • 12 pair Ribs • 7 true • 5 false • Sternum ▫ Manubrium...